Method to transmit messages between a device and a remoter server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11622011-B2
Application number	US-202217575757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 30, 2018
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

In order to allow an access to the Internet, and therefore to a remote server, for a device having no connection with an Internet gateway, there is proposed a method to transmit a message from a first device to a remote server, the first device having no connection with the remote server, said method comprising:
detecting a second device by the first device, establishing a communication channel between the first and the second device, transferring the message from the first to the second device, said message comprising an address of the remote server, transferring, by the second device, the message to the remote server using the remote server address contained in the message.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method to transmit a message from a first device to a remote server, wherein the first device comprises a Wireless transmitter having a first mode as client device mode and a second mode as a hotspot mode, said method comprising:
in absence of a communication channel between the first device and the remote server in client device mode, changing the Wireless transmitter into the hotspot mode,
establishing a communication channel between the first device and a second device,
transferring the message from the first device to the second device, said message comprising an address of the remote server and an identifier of the first device, and
connecting the second device to the Wireless transmitter of the first device while the Wireless transmitter is in hotspot mode, and transferring, by the second device, the message to the remote server using the remote server address contained in the message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, a return message is sent by the remote server for the first device, the return message comprising the first device identifier, and the method comprising:
receiving by the second device the return message from the remote server,
said second device buffering the return message until the first device is detected, and then
transferring the return message to the first device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a Bluetooth receiver/transmitter, the message is transferred between the first and second device via the Bluetooth receiver/transmitter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises a relay application, said application detecting the Wireless transmitter in the hotspot mode of the first device and storing the message.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Wireless transmitter in the hotspot mode of the first device has a hotspot name comprising at least a part which is a predefined name, the method comprising:
detecting by the second device the predefined name of the Wireless transmitter, and in response of a successful detection:
disconnecting the wireless transmitter of the second device from the current hotspot, and
connecting the wireless transmitter to the Wireless transmitter of the first device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message further comprises an expiration date, said message being transmitted to the remote server by the second device if the current date is prior the expiration date.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response message further comprises an expiration date, said message being transmitted to the first device by the second device if the current date is prior the expiration date.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device is a portable device.

9. A method to transmit a message from a first device to a remote server, the first device having no connection with the remote server, said method comprising:
establishing a communication channel between the first device and a second device,
transferring the message from the first device to the remote server via the second device, said message comprising an address of the remote server and an identifier of the first device,
wherein the remote server is in connection with an Offline Application Server, said method comprising:
transferring the message via the second device to the remote server and the Offline Application Server,
receiving a response by the Offline Application Server from the Remote server,
transmitting the response message from the Offline Application Server to the second device, and said second device buffering the response message until the first device is detected.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first device, the second device, and a third device share a network identifier, said message further comprising the network identifier, said return message comprising the network identifier and the first identifier, said method comprising:
storing by the Offline Application Server the response message in a database,
receiving, by the Offline Application Server, a connection request comprising the network identifier from the third device,
retrieving the response message from the database and sending the return message to the third device,
said third device buffering the response message until the first device is detected, and then
transferring the response message to the first device.

11. A device configured to communicate with a remote server, comprising:
a Wireless transmitter having a client mode and a hotspot mode; and
a processor configured to:
in absence of a communication channel between the device and the remote server in client mode, change the Wireless transmitter into the hotspot mode,
establish a communication channel between the first device and a second device,
transfer the message from the first device to the second device, said message comprising an address of the remote server and an identifier of the first device, and
connect the second device to the Wireless transmitter of the first device while the Wireless transmitter is in hotspot mode,

wherein the device transfers, via the second device, the message to the remote server using the remote server address contained in the message.

Assignees

• Nagravision Sa

Inventors

• Kudelski Andre

Classifications

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L67/1034

  Reaction to server failures by a load balancer · CPC title

• H04L67/141 Primary

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L51/046 Primary

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• H04L51/214

  using selective forwarding · CPC title